This is an analysis of Adjustment by John Greenleaf Whittier.

The tree of Faith its bare, dry boughs must shed
That nearer heaven the living ones may climb;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaXaacddcaa eaaefddfddddaa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,14,
  • Metre: 0101011111 11010010111 0111101101 0101011101 1101000111 0101010100 1101110101 10001010001 101110100101 01111100101 1111010101 11010011111 1111110111 11010100101 1111110101 1111110101 01011100101 1101010100 1101011111 0101010111 11010100001 10011110001 1111010101 1111010101 11110010101 11001011101 0101010101 1011010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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